My Conglomeration of Thoughts...
Today will be a gathering random thoughts. You have been warned :)
What happened to the days of youth? And why can we not appreciate the advantages of youth when we have it? I imagine the main reason for that is simply this - we haven't had the time necessary to garner the grains of individual wisdom that we do as we have to process more and more experiences as we get older. I'm not sure there's really a perfect medium either. Like many before me, I could say that I wish I knew then what I know now, but if you really think about it, that's a completely incorrect statement. Some of the greatest memories I have are some of the insanely stupid and dangerous things my friends and I did in our teenage years. Then there are the times I was continually far too drunk with my friends in my early 20's. I would say well over 50% of the things we did were just absolutely asinine, but they were fun and fortunately, no one really got hurt. If I went back to those years with the knowledge I have now, I'd be a very boring person. Sure, I may have made a lot of changes, ending up richer and better educated, but I don't think I'd have the memories of being a fun loving wild child.
This isn't to say that I don't truly appreciate and enjoy the age I'm at now. I think your early 30's are actually a great point in a person's life. You're old enough that people take you seriously, you generally have a decent career path, you have a large amount of life experience to reference for new situations, you've been around the block a bit and tend to have a better understanding of life. Things are far more stable in my life now than they were in the past, so that's a good thing. In your 30's, you're still young enough to do whatever you want, but old enough to know better, haha.
I do miss the days of having a 200lb frame of bone and muscle. I've still got it, but it's covered by about 85 pounds of fat too. I can lose the weight, but the amount of effort involved in losing it is a gazillion times more than the energy it took to gain it, hehe. I still debate about losing the weight. I know I need to and should simply for health reasons if nothing else. I think it's the food I'm not ready to give up. I live for starches - bread, potatoes, pasta. I could continue to eat all of those things, but that would need a large amount of exercise to balance out. Yeah - I'm a bit lazy at times :)
Next!
With the general glut of new MMORPG's coming out, there really hasn't been one since EQ2 came out over a year ago that I've been really interested in. I was interested in the Dungeons and Dragons online game, but after getting in during phase I beta and testing it off and on throughout the test, it's simply not for me. It has some great concepts, and great ideas. On top of that, I understand why they're going the route they are and applaud them for it. Unfortunately, it is NOT a solo friendly game - at all. I simply don't have the time to invest in being on the game at regular intervals and depending on a group all the time.
A new game in the works is Gods & Heroes (godsandheroes.com). It's steeped in Roman/Greek mythology and simply looks amazing. Later on, I'll toss up a picture of a medusa from the game. When I first saw the picture, I thought it was a painting, piece of concept art, etc. It's actually a screen shot and has to be the absolute coolest image of a medusa I have EVER seen. Yes, it really is that impressive. So impressive in fact, that I've been seriously going over in my head whether or not it's actually possible to do as a tattoo. Not by me, because I simply do not have that kind of skill. I've been trying to figure out whether it's actually possible to recreate that image as a tattoo by ANY artist in the world. It's stirred the ol' creative juices again and has me debating to dig out my sketch pad and start drawing again. If I start drawing again though, that means I'll start tattooing again and I'm not sure if I'm ready to do that again.
There are days I seriously miss tattooing. Sooner or later, I always find a piece I agree to do and have a good time while working on it. The problem though is there are much better artists out there. There are too many gaps in my tattooing education. Bill did a great job of teaching me, but he came from a fine arts background, so there are a ton of ground rules that I simply don't have. The biggest issue is lack of practice. I've probably only done 3-4 pieces in the last couple years. I need too many pieces of meat to practice on, but I'm not willing to just let anyone in my house that wants some work done. That means I only let friends in and I don't want to use them as guinea pigs. Yes, I can do the safe tribal tattoos since they're fairly mindless to work on, but there are a number of techniques I want to experiment with. There are some seriously cool pieces of art I'd like to do, but there simply isn't anyone to do them on, especially since most of them are not pieces that I would recommend as a tattoo. It's just that some of these pieces have some pretty cool effects and I want to see if they can be duplicated on skin.
Ah well. See - now I've got myself thinking about tats again. We'll see...
What happened to the days of youth? And why can we not appreciate the advantages of youth when we have it? I imagine the main reason for that is simply this - we haven't had the time necessary to garner the grains of individual wisdom that we do as we have to process more and more experiences as we get older. I'm not sure there's really a perfect medium either. Like many before me, I could say that I wish I knew then what I know now, but if you really think about it, that's a completely incorrect statement. Some of the greatest memories I have are some of the insanely stupid and dangerous things my friends and I did in our teenage years. Then there are the times I was continually far too drunk with my friends in my early 20's. I would say well over 50% of the things we did were just absolutely asinine, but they were fun and fortunately, no one really got hurt. If I went back to those years with the knowledge I have now, I'd be a very boring person. Sure, I may have made a lot of changes, ending up richer and better educated, but I don't think I'd have the memories of being a fun loving wild child.
This isn't to say that I don't truly appreciate and enjoy the age I'm at now. I think your early 30's are actually a great point in a person's life. You're old enough that people take you seriously, you generally have a decent career path, you have a large amount of life experience to reference for new situations, you've been around the block a bit and tend to have a better understanding of life. Things are far more stable in my life now than they were in the past, so that's a good thing. In your 30's, you're still young enough to do whatever you want, but old enough to know better, haha.
I do miss the days of having a 200lb frame of bone and muscle. I've still got it, but it's covered by about 85 pounds of fat too. I can lose the weight, but the amount of effort involved in losing it is a gazillion times more than the energy it took to gain it, hehe. I still debate about losing the weight. I know I need to and should simply for health reasons if nothing else. I think it's the food I'm not ready to give up. I live for starches - bread, potatoes, pasta. I could continue to eat all of those things, but that would need a large amount of exercise to balance out. Yeah - I'm a bit lazy at times :)
Next!
With the general glut of new MMORPG's coming out, there really hasn't been one since EQ2 came out over a year ago that I've been really interested in. I was interested in the Dungeons and Dragons online game, but after getting in during phase I beta and testing it off and on throughout the test, it's simply not for me. It has some great concepts, and great ideas. On top of that, I understand why they're going the route they are and applaud them for it. Unfortunately, it is NOT a solo friendly game - at all. I simply don't have the time to invest in being on the game at regular intervals and depending on a group all the time.
A new game in the works is Gods & Heroes (godsandheroes.com). It's steeped in Roman/Greek mythology and simply looks amazing. Later on, I'll toss up a picture of a medusa from the game. When I first saw the picture, I thought it was a painting, piece of concept art, etc. It's actually a screen shot and has to be the absolute coolest image of a medusa I have EVER seen. Yes, it really is that impressive. So impressive in fact, that I've been seriously going over in my head whether or not it's actually possible to do as a tattoo. Not by me, because I simply do not have that kind of skill. I've been trying to figure out whether it's actually possible to recreate that image as a tattoo by ANY artist in the world. It's stirred the ol' creative juices again and has me debating to dig out my sketch pad and start drawing again. If I start drawing again though, that means I'll start tattooing again and I'm not sure if I'm ready to do that again.
There are days I seriously miss tattooing. Sooner or later, I always find a piece I agree to do and have a good time while working on it. The problem though is there are much better artists out there. There are too many gaps in my tattooing education. Bill did a great job of teaching me, but he came from a fine arts background, so there are a ton of ground rules that I simply don't have. The biggest issue is lack of practice. I've probably only done 3-4 pieces in the last couple years. I need too many pieces of meat to practice on, but I'm not willing to just let anyone in my house that wants some work done. That means I only let friends in and I don't want to use them as guinea pigs. Yes, I can do the safe tribal tattoos since they're fairly mindless to work on, but there are a number of techniques I want to experiment with. There are some seriously cool pieces of art I'd like to do, but there simply isn't anyone to do them on, especially since most of them are not pieces that I would recommend as a tattoo. It's just that some of these pieces have some pretty cool effects and I want to see if they can be duplicated on skin.
Ah well. See - now I've got myself thinking about tats again. We'll see...
posted by Sandcatt at 5:59 AM
1 Comments:
As far as age goes - I can't wait to be taken seriously. Though I fear I might have to wait til I'm 50 to achieve such.
Now - Tattooing is something that ( I must say this ) I didn't used to like, until I met you. Yes, I PROUDLY flaunt the fact I am, or was your GUINEA PIG. I LOVE all my artwork, though I DESPERATELY need you to touch some of it up for me. Why you? Well that's simple, I don't TRUST anyone else to come close to me with needles.
You ARE a good artist, and I still have ALL the sketches you ever did for me. I have PROOF that anything you put your mind to you can attain and even surpass.
Go for it. Start tattooing again. If all else fails, find a tat shop that will let you apprentice again. I'm SURE there is at least a ton of those in Colorado. Besides Sandcatt - You still have to open the Emerald Dragon remember?
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